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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadrezzar, </span><span class="ft">of which </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadnezzar </span><span class="ft">is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music of your harps will be heard no more. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands tremble at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place in you? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they will take up a lament concerning you and say to you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;How you are destroyed, city of renown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">peopled by men of the sea!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">You were a power on the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">you and your citizens;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">you put your terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">on all who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the coastlands tremble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.26.18"><span class="content">on the day of your fall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.26.18"><span class="content">the islands in the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.26.18"><span class="content">are terrified at your collapse.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:20 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">return, and I will give glory</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the land of the living. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more. You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You say, Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am perfect in beauty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your domain was on the high seas;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">your builders brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They made all your timbers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">of juniper from Senir</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Hermon</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">they took a cedar from Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">to make a mast for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Of oaks from Bashan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your oars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">of cypress wood</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:6 </span><span class="ft">Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the coasts of Cyprus</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your deck, adorned with ivory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">and served as your banner;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">your awnings were of blue and purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">from the coasts of Elishah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">as shipwrights to caulk your seams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">All the ships of the sea and their sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">came alongside to trade for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Persia, Lydia and Put</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">served as soldiers in your army.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">They hung their shields and helmets on your walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">bringing you splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Men of Arvad and Helek</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">guarded your walls on every side;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">men of Gammad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">were in your towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">They hung their shields around your walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">they brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Beth Togarmah exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The men of Rhodes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dedan</span></span></span><span class="content"> traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:16 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">Edom</span></span></span><span class="content"> did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The ships of Tarshish serve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as carriers for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">You are filled with heavy cargo</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as you sail the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Your oarsmen take you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">out to the high seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">But the east wind will break you to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">far out at sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your wealth, merchandise and wares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your merchants and all your soldiers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">and everyone else on board</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">will sink into the heart of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">on the day of your shipwreck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The shorelands will quake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">when your sailors cry out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All who handle the oars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will abandon their ships;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">the mariners and all the sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will stand on the shore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They will raise their voice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and cry bitterly over you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">they will sprinkle dust on their heads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and roll in ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They will shave their heads because of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and will put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">They will weep over you with anguish of soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and with bitter mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">As they wail and mourn over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">they will take up a lament concerning you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Who was ever silenced like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">surrounded by the sea?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When your merchandise went out on the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you satisfied many nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">with your great wealth and your wares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you enriched the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Now you are shattered by the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">in the depths of the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">your wares and all your company</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">have gone down with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All who live in the coastlands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">their kings shudder with horror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">and their faces are distorted with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The merchants among the nations scoff at you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In the pride of your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">you say, &#8220;I am a god;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">I sit on the throne of a god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">But you are a mere mortal and not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">though you think you are as wise as a god.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Are you wiser than Daniel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Danel</span><span class="ft">, a man of renown in ancient literature</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">Is no secret hidden from you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By your wisdom and understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">you have gained wealth for yourself</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">and amassed gold and silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">in your treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By your great skill in trading</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">you have increased your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">and because of your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">your heart has grown proud.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because you think you are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">as wise as a god,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am going to bring foreigners against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">the most ruthless of nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">and pierce your shining splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will bring you down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">and you will die a violent death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Will you then say, &#8220;I am a god,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the presence of those who kill you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">You will be but a mortal, not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the hands of those who slay you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will die the death of the uncircumcised</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">at the hands of foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">I have spoken, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You were the seal of perfection,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You were in Eden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">the garden of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">every precious stone adorned you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">topaz, onyx and jasper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">Your settings and mountings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> were made of gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">on the day you were created they were prepared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You were anointed as a guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">for so I ordained you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">You were on the holy mount of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">you walked among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You were blameless in your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">from the day you were created</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">till wickedness was found in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Through your widespread trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">you were filled with violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and you sinned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and I expelled you, guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">from among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your heart became proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">on account of your beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">and you corrupted your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">because of your splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">So I threw you to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">I made a spectacle of you before kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">By your many sins and dishonest trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">you have desecrated your sanctuaries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">So I made a fire come out from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and it consumed you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and I reduced you to ashes on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">in the sight of all who were watching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All the nations who knew you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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